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I @witch ,taire atrat @ffice 1 Laim Parmi No. 75,410, ama Mara 10, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SEED PLANTERS.

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' Be it known that I, A. J. GOING, M. D., of Clinton, in the parish ofEast Feliciana, and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and improvedCotton-Seed Planter; and'I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable .thoseskilled in the art to make andffuse the same, reference being had toAthe accompanying drawings forming part of this speciiication.A

,This invention .relates toa new and improved machine for plantingcottonseed, and it conslsts in a peculiar construction and arrangementof parts pertaining to theseed-distributing apparatus, whereby the seedmay be sown with certainty, and without the liability of the hopperbecoming choked or. clogged. The invention also consists in using, incombination with the seed-distributing apparatus above alluded to, afurrow-opener and seed-'covering device, constructed and arranged ashereinafter fully shown and described. In the accompany- Vingl sheet ofdrawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken intheline :c zu, ng. Z.

.Figure 2,a plan or top View of the same.

Figui-e3, adetac`hd vertical transverse section of the hopper, taken inthe line y, iig. 1.'

Similar lettersot` reference indicate corresponding` parts.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is mounted on the wheels B B',the axle C being fitted in suitable bearings a a, secured `to the-underside of the frame, A, about at'its centre. The wheel B is permanentlyattached to its axle, the other, 1,3, being loosely fitted thereon.' Dis the 'draught-pole, attached-to the front endof the frame A, and E isa barrow, secured to the rear part of said frame; the barrow beingrcomposed of two oblique bars bb, framed into the side pieces of theframe,\A, in V``orm, and having iron or steel teeth4 0, ittedverticallyinto them; the teeth beingvca'pable of adjustment vertically, andsecured at any desired point by p ins d, which may be passed through anyof a series of holes made horizontally through them, (see iig. 1.) Thedraught-pole D, near its rear end, hasa pendent-bar, F, framed into it,which is `braced from the draught-pole by a curved iron rod, Gr. To thelower end of the bar F, a furrowlopener, H, is attached, the

"latter being ofiron or steel, and :having Aits front edge curved likethe front part of a sled-runner, as shown clearly in iig. l, On the axleC, about at its centre, ,there is keyed a hub, having 'a series ofradial arms, e, projecting from it, said arms being bevelled at theirouter endsand rear sides,"as shown in tig. 1. Any proper number of thesearms may be used, according to the sizeof the machine. I'represents ahopper, which is secured o'n the frame A, and within the lowerpart ofwhich the arms e work or rotate, an oblique slotor opening,f, being`made in the front side ofthe hopper for the arms to work through.

The bottom of the hopper I is peculiarly constructed as follows: Twoshcetmetal strips g g are attached permanently to it, longitudinallywith the frame A, the space between the strips being considerably widerthan the arms e, in whichspace said arms work. AOver these strips g gthere are placed similar sheet-metal strips .'z. z, which are attachedor-applied in such a manner that they ma-y be adjusted laterally, (seeg. 3,) oblong sil-ots z' being made in the front ends of t, throughwhich screws 7' pass into thefront side of the hopper.

By this arrangement thev capacity of the discbarge-openingf may beregulated, so as to increase or diminish the dischargeotl seed ascircumstances may require. This is a very important feature, for thecondition of cotton-seed when being planted varies' very'materially. Itis always encompassed by a fibre, which causes the seed to adhere, moreor less, to each other, and if the bre be slightly moist, the seed areliable to sticktogether very tenaciously, and the hopper frequentlychoked or clogged thereby. When the seed is in this condition, the

strips t 71. are adjusted quite far apart, so as to allow a-'freedischarge. It' the fibre of the seed be quite dry,.

the stripslh L are adjusted much nearer together.`

-In consequence of having the strips g g, 7i h of iron or metal, a gneatadvantage is obtained, for lthe strips in this case may be quite thin,and still have the 'requisite degree of strength and firmness. Metalalso has a tendency to separate the seed under theaction of the rotatingarms c. The fibre will not adhere to it, and the seed will not pass downbetween the sides of' the arms e and-thc edges of the strips, and becomewedged therein, as

would be the with a comparatively thick wooden bottom. The arms e, asthey rotate, catch the seed and vdraw it down through thedischarge-openingf, the seed being detached or separated in beingiforcedbetween the front part of the strips h 7L, the seed dropping into tbefurrow made by the opener F, while the barrow-- teeth c cover the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The xed metallic strips `g g, in combination withthe laterally-adjustable metalliostrips h L, placed at the bottom of thehopper I, and tbe radialarms e, attached to the axle C, and Workingbetween tlie strips g g, L L, all constructed and arranged for jointoperation, substantially in the manncras and for the purpose set forth.

2. The furrow-opener II and barrow F,'in combination with tbecotton-seed distributing mechanism, all constructed, arranged, andapplied for `joint operation, substantially as and for tbe purposespecified.

The above specification of my invention' signed by me, this twenty-thirdday of'Novenlber, 1867.

A. J. GOING, M. D.

Witnesses:

J. B. TAYLOR, E. RANDLE.

